Case Study #6 Trainers Training Trainers Hello Faithful Followers, I hope you’ve all been enjoying the first couple of weeks of spring…even though the weather has been bi polar. No worries, beach weather is just around the corner. With that in mind, my personal fitness journey has been going great and I have made a few [...]
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6 Months at EPIC Fitness Ottawa
6 Months In Review For the past several days, I have been staring at a blank Word document hoping that inspiration would hit and I’d know how to end this six month long documentation of the beginning of my journey with EPIC fitness. It is probably because it’s a little sad to have to “say see [...]
My Personal Training Journey – the End or the Beginning?
Is it an Ending or a Starting? So, I have four full time personal training sessions left, which means I am officially coming to a close on my six month adventure of personal training. It has been exactly that, an adventure. I know I’ve talked a lot about how it has been a physical challenge, how [...]
What Functional Training Means
Finally Getting What “Functional” Actually Means I think I am finally starting to get it, I understand what this so-called functional training business is. For about six months now I have listened to the instructions and explanations that Alannah has given me, but my lazy brain has just filed fictional training away in a compartment labelled “ a [...]
My Journey Towards Team Canada – The Finale
On the road to the National Beach Volleyball FISU team – Blog #13 – The Finale “…Find light in the beautiful sea, I choose to be happy” – Diamonds by Rihanna The end and the beginning Tryouts minus 2 weeks. New diet in sight, we’ll be carb loading me. We start with a [...]
Another Month, Another Training Phase – Brittany Gordon’s Journey
Another Month, Another Phase To read Brittany’s previous post, click here So it is that time again, time to start another phase of my workouts, actually it is the final phase of this rotation. Leading up to the switch over of phases I am always a little nervous, because it is always a bit heavier, [...]
Good Form = Hot Body.
It’s daylight savings time! Time changes can play games with your schedule and your sleep so remember your PT appointment and don’t forget to bring your brain to the gym with you! Why am I writing about this? Well, I had a revelation a couple days ago, read on: Recently I have been taking a [...]
My Journey Towards Team Canada – Post #12
On the road to the National Beach Volleyball FISU team – Blog #12 To read Alex’s previous post, click here Touching the curtain Imagine a brick wall, tall, solid and immovable. That wall represents your absolute limit, your 110%, that wall means giving it all you’ve got and more. There is no possible way to physically go [...]
Are You Sure You’re Eating Healthy?
Is Working Out going to be Enough? I believe I have expressed this before, but I think it’s a good place to start for this post. My workouts with a personal trainer have been like no other workouts I have ever done. The level of intensity, my level of improvement from week to week, and [...]
Inside the Barn – Episode 1
Follow me Kayla Hottot, The Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Ottawa Varsity Women’s Hockey program, as we begin the 2013/2014 Hockey season. Once upon a time, I was a player for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Women’s Hockey team. I first put on the “lid” (hockey helmet) in September 2006 and finally [...]
Ghyslain Hotte is an Epic Fitness Sponsored Athlete. He will be competing in the 2013 Red Bull Crashed Ice International Event. He has competed in Quebec City for the past 5 years, but this year he's taking it to the next level. Ghyslain will be in the best shape of his life this year while training with Owner/Performance Coach Neil Frotten.
